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Chemokine ligand 2 genetic variants, serum monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 levels, and the risk of coronary artery disease.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Jul 2010
van Wijk Diederik F, van Leuven Sander I, Sandhu Manjinder S, Tanck Michael W, Hutten Barbara A, Wareham Nicholas J, Kastelein John J P, Stroes Erik S G, Khaw Kay-Tee, Boekholdt S Matthijs
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: In humans, evidence about the association between levels of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), its coding gene chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 2 (CCL2), and risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) is contradictory. METHODS AND RESULTS: We performed a nested case-control study in the prospective EPIC-Norfolk cohort investigating the relationship between CCL2 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs),...
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